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le pas' 71 the is, and d o ern'. ed to. to• Port y and R. T. vith .: iriC COfll' trader lasi yery . a Lly JlB4 urn, tile age, sate Lk- al lt i also ihi9 'ftll~ )risT iris, ro►a Apt. hia, d to I,ts. lied tilts aVd tl' • c yell f Ut Do rd, ~:~ r ?A C 'k SECOND ED! rioN. SUN pmcw, THREE O'CLOCK. We stop the Press to present to our Readers fur ther particulars of she gallant anion off the 1 - Ile of Vranee. It is said that a trans Fort was taken, having an board the e4th Regiment, with Gen. WEATHER- Att. and his suite. Ettraa of a Private Letter from the Cape sof . Good Hope, dated the 26th Sept. l 810 :- " We had taken the Isle de Passe, at the entrance of Port South East, and the Nereide was anchored off it, when a French squadron, conststing of, the ' . 111 inert4,13ellone, rietor, gindltam, and Ceylon, cap: tured Indiamen, made thou aappearance in the offing. French colours were: hoisted on the frigate and batteries, but as soon as the French came close they Were changed, and a fire opened upon them, which they pushed • through, and anchored in Port South East, except the Windham, which, put about and' stood for Riviere Noire, but was retaken by the Sirius. Capt. P'ra, on receiving this intelligence, immediately worked up to Port South East, and was joined by the filagicienne and Iphegenia. " An attack on the enemy's ships was determin ed on, and an easy viEory anticipated. fate, how-', ever, had destined otherwise; the Sirius and Magi. tieitne, grounded on some unknown small shoals, and all endeavours to get them off proved fluitless. The /phegenia got to leeward of a shoal, which lay between her and the enemy, so that Captain . . Witt47olll3lt in the Nereide alone gained his allot ' led station, and engaged singly the whole of this force, together with about Go pieces o!' cannon, 3 ounted ,on the batteries, in a manner that per , hapi history cannot'equal. The aliop lasted many lours, until ten at night, when she was taken pos session of by a boat horn- ,the - enemy, after having lost 260 men,. 'out, of 2 1 80, killed and wounded, and driven the whole of ,the enemy's squadron on Shore as well as herself. Capt. WILLOUGHBY lost an eye, and was badly hirt about the head, but 'resolved that the English flag should never be struck while he had a man able to fire a gum; he would not leave her when a boat from the Sirius was sent for the purpose, but de (Jared he would not abandon his wounded unfortu nate shipmates; The Sirius and Mogicienne being irrecoverable, and within long shot of the enemy, were set fire to and burnt. The crews were landed on the Isle tie Passe, and the Iphigeuia warped up t ! if - that anchorage. In the mean time the ActiOe, Penus, and La Mancha, with a Corvette, came up and blockaded the entrance, whilit La Bellone was ogt off, and warped up. " In this situation were things on the 31st of August, but I am sort) , to say, that •no probability exists of their safety. They had only provision s , and water to hold out a week at farthest. They had been summoned by the French to surrender at dis cretion. Capt. LA &Instil. refused-this, but offered to capitulate on terms, being allowed o to carry away;the Whole of the people on shore, and the Iphegenia to a British port. The answer of the enemy had not bean received, but it' is very, easy to foresee that ,this: proposal will not be accepted.", The subjoined Letters from South America will detail the occurrences that have aatually taken place; the most prominent is the death of Liniers : Rio JANEIRO, 'SHPT. B.—You will have heard of the change of Government at Buenos Ayres, and the violent measures adopted by the new one, in seizing and sending away to Europe, without any previous notice, the Viceroy, Cisneros, and the Cabildo. The old Spaniards are against the Junta, but they are too weak to overturn it; and in the, mean time several cities in the interior have ac knowledged its authority. Cordova is the only place of consequence which resists; and a f orce from Buenos Ayres is gone against it. Liniers was there by the lastAaccOunts, and had taken part against the Junta, which is likely to prove fatal to him. It seems that Officer is now detested both by the Creoles and old Spaniards. " The city of Monte Video has long been at v3ri once with Buenos Ayres, and is now divided against itself. On the 12th inst. (September), there was a serious disturbance between the marine forces and tw o regiments of militia, the latter of which were disarmed and disbanded ; and the Colonel of one of them, named Morrondi, With a few other persons, sent prisoners to Rio de Janeiro, they being sus pected of wishing to further the views of the Junta (4 . Buenos Ayres, which is supposed, and not with out reason, to aim at independence. • " Monte Video remains under a Governor and Cabildo as heretofore, who have all sworn allegiance in the Regency formed in Spain, which has not ir.!en. done at Buenos Ayres; but all public acts con- :iniie to be executed in the yarne'ofFerdinand Vii fi um motives of policy. A party has been sent truth Alonte Video to disarm the few soldiers, and other people, at Coionia, from whence the mail 4 :rosses o%er to Buenos Ayres, a distance of twelve ft:goeq ; at d in consequence, a small cutter brig ;_s:!vg t here has been ordered to sail immediately Colonia, ti;us the two cities will very tit.o!i be at ()veil v, 41. 4 FIDE! CH PAPERS. .• . , . PAlT.s,ligq 5. After the celebration ; on The 2d . instant; of th e Anniversary, of the Emperor Napo leon's Coronation; an addreo was. preiented to his imperial Majesty, in the 'ita'n'te of the Senate, by their - President , CoUnt Oarnier, thanking his Majesty for his most gracioascommUnicationof the happy event of the pregnancy' of th e Ethpress. ' OFF)CiAt. DOCUMENTS RESPECAING TI-111 EXCHANGIS OF PRISONERS WITH ENGLAND. Since the 'commencement of the present war, France and England have agreed 'upon no_ cartel for the exchange of prisoners. The oh,tacle which has hitherto opposed itself to any understanding on this important object, has arisen from a dis cordance of opinion with . - rcgatd to the 'wowin g points : England will not consent to confider as prisonets only the native Engligh) ntit include. in the benefit of the exchange the Germans, 'Spaniards, Portuguese, and others of her Alit* who form part Of her armies, or who constitute a part.of the . armies Who combine and co-operate with her's. The second point of difference is ihe ‘capitulation General Walnioden ; at the time of tlie Con - West of, Hanover, 17,606 men then surrendered as . prisoners of war, England will not consent u consider them as Such, although the greater part of these troops, offi cers as well as soldic:l•s, have since been ii her ser vice, in t iolatiOn of the capitulation, and of the law of hatiOets. • During tile space of ten years these questiOnS have furnished' matter of protracted discussions. In April, 1 810, an English Commissary art ived it 'Morlaix.. In order to clear :away these difficulties, negociations were ret on loot; and they fated eight months without being broug{tt to any successful cdn clusion. France proposed two bases :,-41 4 e - fi rst *as, to re new what had been done or 1780. .By the wrtel of 1780, the pris , )ners of the two natiqms 'wre e'x ctianged in gross, by making up for the dttlerence by a sum of money. - ' That basis having been refused, France proposed the total exchange of the whole of .the prisoners, of the two belligerents, man for in in, rank-for rank. Men who formed part of the same artily, or of armies s who had combined, their operations and co operated in their movements, Were separated troin each other.• Br proposing rhat second baSis, France went still farther : she consented to restore all the Spanish prisoners which she had i 3 surplus, that is, she we's willing to give up inure than . 20,000 prisoners beyond the number that would have been exchanged This basis alone was under discussion for eight months. England affected io be willing to adopt the principle; it was imagined that the cat ttl had been resolved upon : but in,her view of cartels, England soon betrayed the tendency of her real intention,. It was discovered that while she appeared to adopt the principle of the exchange, she was anxious only to lay a snare. Under this pretence, she attempted to withdraw the prisoners she bad in France, in ex , change for an equil number of French prisoners who were in England; and afterwards give rise to incidents, in otder to justify. the detention of the r'o,ooo French prisoners who still remained lo be .exchanged, and to leave in Frimce . the Spanish pri soners, about whose fate she was unconcerned. The trick was too clumsy to impose upon any one—Eng land accepted the i•roposat"ol a general exchange, arid reserved to herself, at the - same time the means of executing only a partial exchange, when site would have had all her prisoners at home 5 for most un doubtedly iris not the 'estimation in which he holds the Spanish prisoners, that would have induced her to respect the treaty, and to send back to France the remainder of the French prisoners. The English NegociatOrs called - this harmOnizing the principle of the exchange of man for man, rank for rapk,- of the sum-total of the twoanasses, 13M not to be effeCted at the same time. And acc or din g l y did they throw off the mask and freak of the nego • elation when the conditions of a. cartel were field out to them, which would have•carried bona flee LI to effect the principle, that is by establishing an ex changoof 3000 French and allies of France'against 3000 English and the alliesart England, in the pro portion -which appeared between the prisoners in their total numbers ; of 3000 Fiend) vgainst Wu° English and 2000 Spaniards. The proportion of the mass of the prisoners was in this ratio.,---Wiih re spect to the capitulation of Walmoden, there was- no coming to any undertauding. England would give up for the 17,000 Hanoverians only 3000 French.—France, in a spirit of conciliation, brought down her claim to a third, that is, to 6,000 French ; although it was proved, that of the 17,000 Hano verians more titan 9,000 had served, or were actu ally serving in the British ranks. After this preamble, die Monileur COlltaitlS 1V official Papers :=- No. 1. A Note from M. Dumoustier, French Commissary. No. 11. May'2s. The projed of the cartel en closed in Nu. 1. the substance of which is, that all French, Dutch,'ltalians, and Neapolitans, who . are now detained prisoners in England, Spain, Portugal, or the Brazils, shall be indiscriminately set at liberty, France 'and her Allies shall do the same towards England, including Hanoverian prisoners, towards her prisoners of the above description. Russia and Denmark shall do the same by their prisoners, and shall be similarly tieated.' , . No. 111. May 'Note from Mr. Mackenzie, stating, that as lie, was not prepared to treat tor a general exchange , of prisoners belonging to all. the Belligerent Powers,-he therefore asks permission to write to his Government. No:AV. ' May 26, M. Dumoustier declares to Mr. Mackenzie, thitl! :England will .notaccede:lto the principle of generai and absolute liberation of all the priiOners of war ofilik two Belligerent masses, he is 'authorised to propose the cartel of, 1780 be tyveen France and England as the basis. .No. V: ::June A‘Noie froin Mr. Macl:eiizie .• • 2 to 'M.'llutubtastier, --, arineoneflig that the counter' project is• - ;arriittd frertittendon . .. It is in Substance as follows` 411..p.tisonea.s.in-thephssessi o n of either Piiwgr„, or .their sballile'set at Mery , • manner proposed by tile Fr.'neh Goverrtenr, and enon Vretncla prisoners shill be set at liberty tot 2000 4nyc:NerilrF,, being the utmost number in, the Britiih service of thole who capitulated Roder.. CornOte de Walt - 7164n. It also states the ranks of the prisoners, .wh'iclrare to bedeemed equivalent . 6n both sd?s, and concludes with an offer to establish Commis , aries- in London and Paris, to facilitate the exi•hange of prisoner din 'more. No. VII., In ,this Note, which isdated'i. - dv [fit°, M. Dumoustier discusses the connter 7 pr(iieicl• of theßritish Government. RI. sVs, if the prin ciPle_ of the genet al liberation of the two belligerent. glasses was agreed upon,' that was not‘clone,for the purpose of 'adopting measures which would annnl . or elude most important ConseqUen'ceS:' The Fiench Governownt is convinced that the Jiint:is of . andot her insurgent Governme . nt4 itr SOin, may su.bmit.of cl.sappear trom tlio;,e quar ters, thelefore , it beieomes evidently impossible ton eT.ecnta with . them the paragraphs 11 - and 12 of the ankle 4 of the : counter-project ol the BlitisliGo lveriiMent.3. ardsame at the . sae time it maybe fore4een that England inay` refuse to - liberate French pri soners who mty remain in her power after the: ex change of. English prisoners. Thus the adoption of the erpinter pmjeil 'of the British will be no - m b re • than a , Which liberaies the whole -of the Prisoners, and part of the Prilich prisoners • only,, and, the general principle 6t4bera tion, on whiCh both Go vernis;tents are will be found deficient. • The on!y• and incoplestible Means- executing completely a concerted pi io'ciple of..a `general es l- change, is tii' convey •t o th,e road of Calais all the Froneh prisoners, and sti• , ),eVl^:4lle PoWer's allied to Pilate', which art.' iii e"rland. To bring also all tits English . a. number from '[he 111- het Of England, snaking 'ibgether a hut- 1 11) e r equal to that of the French, or the France, who are pri.oneis Eliglan:l, and 'there make the change., Ftoni Clil ifi , the British Government could trarrs;.• port the 8p prisoners to the ports of Spain still ‘_ in a state of insurrethon, where they may • dispose':' of them as most noirttqaient. This plan is simple, and without obstacle, pecans? it su:ts well enough bOth Governments, • All the French - prisoners in the power of England,•and the English in r 71,,, power Of Prance; being liberated by these means, the sur plus of . the Spanish prisoners shall be exchanged against the French prisuners in Spai n , ac id to t hi s end the British Government promised Uts'interven don (as far as circumst trices rendered it pratticable to bring about the exchange). • In making an aetuil . baltince of pri oners of war between France and England, it is 'evident, -from a Report of the population of both nations, that there is to one and the othera propciftinn nearly equal of prisoners of ; consequently there. 14 an equal proportion of wishes to hatict and in 'England for their liberation, eqUal proportion o f wa r ranty for the treatment which they ma'y ex'perience, and an equal power: of making rept isals, if circumstances should render it necessary. But if we begin to de liver all the English prisoners, England- fiods:herself irnmediitely disinterested in 'this species of misfor , tune ; sd much so, that the Frenchmen . detained' in England will find themselves without warranty of exchange, and strithont warranty of the treatmet which they exped. • On this reasoning is establish ed the. principle of a general exthange, and the pricciple of convenience. It is tibis argument which, in reason, in policy, and in admits not the eitecution of mem, tending directly orindireatly to model the tonseqnenceS. The Undersigned raises not a question which edn •be here removed, in en tering into the detail of the deplorable situation of the French prisoners iii Engi mind, crowded in hulks, where they are deprived of alt exercise. Cooped op by thousands in the pi isou of Dartmoor, described by all the reports which have reached us, as situated in the most unwholesome spot in all England, breath ing in this prison, as in the hulks, and, perhaps,- worse, a foetid and corrupted air, they have con tracted contagious disorders, which carries them off by hundreds, or which terminates in diseases . incurable; to say the least of-them, while they re- Main England lwilf'not derive any advantage from them. The Undersigned does not oppose, to this situa tiou of the French prisoners,: the good treatment re ceived by the Englisli• prisoners in France; distri buted in large citadels, situated in the most healthy cities of the empire, they exercise themselves in all the extent of these places as freely and familiarly as our own people; and, those among them who are laborious often. obtain „the reward which they de-. serve:from .their: talents and industry. • -So far from having contagious maladies, they have fewer di -e ises among themiperhaps, titan if they were pertckilly tree: , • ' • • -' The Undersigned will make rho 'more observa._ tions nu th e num b er of H ano.ver i ans d escr ib e d by the counter-piojea, nor on the - Oinission of , Russia and Danmark, which are to be taken into cutisi .deration with Fiance, in a treiny for the exchange of their prisoners of war. Fiance will attend to all these accidental questions, when the basis of the tie goci.tttou isagreedon. [Tu be continuetil , The pernicious effetts Of conitination•amofig arti- Sails for the advance of wages •arid other purposes, have been felt with such severity, that , we presume . the heavy sentence passed upon the Printers has been intliCted as a matter of tearful example to workmen in general. It is not the mere length of imprisonment that is to be considered, though that is melancholy to men wnh taniihes ; not a cons ;c.: (ion oi conspiracy carries witii it int-mosi dreadful consequences that can follow.to n tionest.man, and .attaches to mini through lite. It iei,ders him inia mous in the eye of . the law. His evidence iu a I t,our.t.oi Justice is una-.ailable ; t,e cahno.t.serve .neighbour, a relation, or a tiit;nd, by iti, tvsntuooy, . howeier c4(-ntidl. to the cause e! Justice and huma nity Aiis.linowtedge of the case might bc ,nor can , . he prove any wrong ted . upk t n nor. oPtain redrss by his own oath ! Ile way tx.:.• `taine4wilUe in : pri.ouny his trie . nds,.9r , dons of his tompa;tions ; but wh.:l can co;,,pun l at e_ tolitm - far . the' 10 - s - rur - Alribe be - St — Fislits - Or a - Cit.zen • trid'a df credit 1 - • 41 , .. • LATK' PO:ir, toußT:oFcriANcEini, ij. MORRIS AND.pTIiFtiS pAiRIS AND-OTHERS. . .. -,. The appl;t-a;;.on,td the CO.:.l:%_lll.L.dit'was,renei,-.- ed this day... • It w.is- colfNitdei tbat the Illoprieiori of Cot: - ent GAldetl . TheThrq bad liitlintiti the Far..v'it:i question (X. V. Z.) by . a tuna litie couiract. ...Utley had bought it m .a, considerable rx pehce, •and tinless the repreiehtmion of it was confinued; the bcnefit of it wool:1 be list. • ' The affidavit of Mr. tiarris stated that the Proprie tors had rceived no nitire of the engagontent be tween Mr, Morris and Mr. Colman, unt.i 2uol. had been advanced to the latter. The daentleas, there tore, stood in the situation of purchasers for a vain : . able 'c onsideralion, ho6t notice,. and con, tli o, mi ly the engagement lxi:..yeen•Mi•sirs. Morris arid Colin:in ;ought not to allect . •thorn. Under all the 'circua stances, his Lordship. was eahed'on try - the4pleUtti ants -to oissoh e the injoncOon. , —; • Sir S,. Ri.istiLLl' addressed the Chancellor in be - - half of the plaintA andirewted to the argumentS used on the form-r occasion. call,-cf the am. tentirin of his Lordship ml the deed het wem Messflo Morris and Colman, - t contended that. the Farce' .could not la;; performed without manifeiir iCitrr y to Mr.. MorriS. The representation of the.43:ecu at Co vent-Garden, - t - pr 4.:tew nights only would maitralty lessen the.-advantages wbich ,the plaintif s had' a right to ' .expect fron t the _representati o n of i t at th e Haymarket, and if it ~ . hould not succeed an the pre• sent instance, it would, be of no valhe whatever to the Hay in ark e.: Proprict, T . The Lut u j C',HA-seEt.Loa, without giving any opi nion .on the merits of the case, directed that an order Should be mdde for stispending the injonetion tot the present, with this understanding, that on the .nwrits o? the case being fully before the Court, if it should appear 'hi 1-1,1) market Theatre were : leglily inte rested in its sa.iprel..sion, then the • Proprietors of Covcnt-G .rden Theatre should be adcountabk tor the profits during its being pt•rfortned. Tub: THEATRE.—'t'//e Merchant of Fenice was brought of ward ►ast..n.eht in a very splendid man, tier . at Covvi.t 7 Garden Theatre. Mr. KEMBLE, who had .h . .mg been accustomed to perform the part of Shyluck before he came to Covent- Garden Theatre, and who declined to interfere with COOKE'S posses sion of it there, has .been induced to resume it on the absence of that actor. Mr. KEMBLE supported it with his usual adherence to the niceties of the text, and with effective energy through the.whole. Mts. Stmunsis, in Portia, displayed what may be calledintellectoal comedy, a4eerfulness in the con ception, without frivolit; in jha.matiner. .Herjudg ment-scene W3i very impressive. CHARLES EL E'S .89ssanio wai as ❑sual easy and natural. A new duet, composed by Mr. CONDELL, was sung by TAYLO,R dad MISS BOLTON ; and the same ingenious composer remoulded the song of " To keep my gentle Jessy," into achiet also, which was sung by the same performers, The several views of Venice, and of Belmont, arid the general costume were strik ing and superb.—A very numerous audience. • DU ET, I iitrothiced last night in The .'Merchant of Venice, at Covent.. Garden. JESSICA AND LORENZO. JESSICA. T II vows of ever i:iving truth, You've won my captive heart, fond youth; But parted once, might 1 not find, That out of sight was out of mind ? Log E All! do thyself - no yvrolig, my (kill Away with every jealous fear; For each fair objeCt I might see Could but inspiie a thought of thee. BOTH. Thus absence fans to stronger flame, The love that fires the constant soul ; As distance points v‘ith surer aim The faithful needle to its darling pole. On the 23d ult. James M'Ar,a was apprehended . at Newcastle, in consequence of information re ceived from Scotland, on a .charge of murdering his own brother, and - has since been sent to Edinburgh, This man and two - of his brothers wrought at a slitting-mill called Cramond Mill, about five miles from Edinburgh, and while . the workmen were re delving their wages on Saturday the loth ult. lie. and • one ot.hiS brothers quarrelled about their work, and from words they came to Wows, when he took up 4 piece Of iron - and struck his brother over the head, three different bloWl, which caused his death in twa ~days .: • _ . SMITHFIELD MARKET, Dac. r 4. This day's Market was tolerably well supplied. with - different kinds of Cattle ; Beef,. Mutton►, Pork, and Veal, support last prices ; and the trade for the Most pat t was somewhat flat.—The business done in the HI Market was trifling ; Stiaw sold at - last ptice ; Hay and :Clover fetched a better price. 'l following area correct statement of the prices and numbers : To sink the offal per stone of gib. }lce' 4s. od to Ss, ed. Mutton 4s. od. to ss. od. Veal ss. mod. to 71. od. Pork ss. od. to 7s. od. Lamb os. od. to 05. ad. • Beasts 1310, Sheep 4tOo. calves 210. Pigs 250. SMITHFIELD HAY-MA EMIT Hay sl. os. od. to 91. os. od. Straw 21. 10s. od. to 31. os. od. Clover 61. os. ad. to 01. 95. od. CORN-EXCUANQE, DSc. t4.-•-To 7 day there are considerable supplies of Wheat on hand, and this trade nearly at out last quotation ; Barley in plenty, and a falling article ; Malt h eavy sa l e, P eas and . , • Beans `of 'both k ind hardly at last prices ; new Ticks les. lb . 4 li., ohl . as - uoder ; 'there are large "suppbesOf Oet9, and ,r e . cond, with iiilrrior quattitivs, clu:ned ratherche,per ; 'Flour expe-ted lower. 1 I I , witr.q: , s6s,a 7 0 S a S 4 ' % . 11:..'iicatb (old) 44s a sos ,'tills 4ittq - - , a 92$ eats - -20 i 24s a 311 Rye (lii,%y) - - 3.6' a 4n, Polaachilttro - 32$ 4 35$ ii,:y 14 • ' '.. -.. ' . 3;, ; ; a 47.., I . i'c;tatcm.: ditLo --37 i a -.s Mull .--...---- -..-- 7as - a -Tics Rape St:,: a t . . 451 a 59 . Wilke ee , ls. ~, 54s i. i , ,,:. ril,c c rcy •,ii ;t 4 - - - o s a j - Secoo446' . - • "s$ A 114$ bean. (4.)1,1) .. pi 9 sy ( 1 {i